Strut10 Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 That was the question................................ Sat in a tree all day today. I had a pair of small bucks run a doe and two doe fawns a lap or two around in front of me at 10:30 this morning. Did not see another deer until 5:40 this evening when a doe and a fawn quartered past me about 70 yards to my right running with tongues out. Knew there had to be a buck behind them. So I got the glasses ready and shortly a white-racked buck came along on their trail. He stopped on a woods road and looked the way the does had gone then turned and started right down the road toward me. I thought him to be a 9 point that I had gotten several pics of. I put the glasses down and grabbed the bow off the hanger. Then I thought "I'm not going to shoot that deer. He's not what I want". So I hung the bow back up with the deer 45 yards out and coming. He stopped to work a white oak sapling over. I Glassed him again and realized he had more than 9 points and was not the deer I had originally thought. He still was not what I wanted. But I thought "if he walks on down here, I will kill him anyways". He finished up his beef with the oak tree and continued right down the road in front of my stand. I drew and when he was 22 yards smack, broadside in front and gave him a little "mah". He slammed the brakes and looked right up at me whereupon my trusty old Browning Eclipse and I sent a Steelforce 100 through his lungs. He spun and ran 60 or 70 yards, stopped, swayed and fell. A visual recovery. The best kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Outstanding! Beautiful Buck but those little helpers stole the show right there...too cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Solid buck right there!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Nice buck Don. Congratulations. Yep, I would have shot him too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Nice Don! Yep, with a bow, he'd better not give me a good angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodtrails Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Nice work!:flex: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Congrats on a nice buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Nice buck Don, congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92xj Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Congrats on the buck Don! I would not have thought twice about taking him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250savage Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Nice! Congrats. I know I would have taken him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Nicely done sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 atta boy! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Great buck Don, very respectable Pa. bowkill! Reminds me of one of our local better bucks.:rockon: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Congrats Strut! Nice buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 nice buck... congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinsonovagun Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Now that will make the all day hunts worthwhile!! Congrats on a nice buck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 That's a good one Don! WTG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Great deer Don, congrats buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Congrats again Don...nice pics too...better than the little on my cell phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 nice buck and that's awesome to have the trail cams of him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintlock1776 Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Good deal all around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Nice buck Don...Congrats! Got some good help there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 CONGRATS .. On a great buck Don .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 saw it first on the contest photo posting thread. Great buck Don! Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Congratulations Don! Time to break out a bottle of Rockin' Raspberry! I love that first picture with the kids, your daughter is adorable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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